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Plan journeys, save places and manage your everyday map settings.
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Plan a journey
Prepare your route, arrange the stops and keep directions to hand.
Explore routes & travel- Plan a road trip from route to offline backup
- Follow a Kenya road trip past tolls, the equator and a ferry
- Check Iceland Ring Road drive times, leg by leg
- See UK petrol and diesel prices on the map
- Add and order multiple stops
- Avoid tolls, highways or ferries
- Check a route that keeps changing
- Check a missing speedometer or wrong speed limit
- Download and use offline maps
- Print directions or save a PDF
- Check weather along your route
- Preview a route with Immersive View
- Understand Immersive Navigation
- Check voice choices and navigation sound
- Use Gemini in Maps on CarPlay
- Try an offline alternative: Organic Maps
Find and save places
Choose a precise point, organise saved places and make sense of your map.
Explore places & sharing- Drop, save and share a pin
- Choose labels, lists or Starred places
- Check a review that is not showing
- Open reviews when a screen or link fails
- Report a wrong address or arrival route
- Change your Home address
- Find, copy and enter coordinates
- Measure distance or area
- Use Ask Maps and check its limits
- Check where new Maps features work
- Look up an error message in your language
- Explore eight everyday Maps features
Manage privacy and history
Choose what to share and understand the different records of your activity.
Explore privacy & TimelineExplore Street View
Check image dates, troubleshoot a missing view and understand collection and privacy.
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All 37 guides
Every guide in this collection, newest published first.
A Kenya Road Trip with Google Maps, My Maps and Earth
Google Maps, My Maps and Earth Error Messages in 8 Languages
How to See UK Petrol and Diesel Prices in Google Maps and Waze
Google Maps Feature Availability 2026
Gemini in Google Maps on CarPlay: How to Use It and What to Check
Google Maps Keeps Rerouting? Check the Route, Settings and GPS Separately
Google Maps Privacy Checklist: Location History, Searches, Your Home and Shared Maps
Google Maps Speedometer Missing? Check the Phone, Car Display and Speed Limit Separately
Plan a Road Trip with Google Maps: Route, Stops and Offline Backup
Google Maps Review Not Showing? Check Visibility Before You Repost
Google Maps Reviews Won’t Open? Try These Checks for a Grey Screen, Freeze or Broken Reply Link
Google Maps Sends People to the Wrong Address? Check the Pin, Entrance or Road
Google Maps Voice Changed? Check Your Options and Keep Street Names in the Test
Google Maps Street View Not Working? Check Coverage First
When Is the Google Street View Car Coming to My Area?
How to Preview a Route in Google Maps Immersive View
How to Use Organic Maps Offline: Routes, Stops and Car Displays
How to Drop a Pin on Google Maps: Save and Share an Exact Location
How to Print Google Maps and Directions—or Save a PDF
How to Blur Your House on Google Maps
How to Check Weather Along Your Driving Route
How to View Google Maps Timeline on a Laptop
Google Maps Coordinates: Find, Enter and Copy Latitude and Longitude
Google Maps Immersive Navigation: What It Is, Where It Works, and Why It May Be Missing
Ask Maps in Google Maps: How to Use It, Availability, Privacy, and Limits
How to Avoid Tolls, Highways, and Ferries in Google Maps
Google Maps Beyond Directions: 8 Useful Features to Know
How to Check Google Maps Street View Dates and See Older Images
Google Maps Labels vs Saved Lists vs Starred Places: Which Should You Use?
How to Add Multiple Stops in Google Maps and Put Them in the Right Order
How to Share Live Location in Google Maps—and Stop Sharing
How to View and Delete Google Maps Search History
How to Measure Distance and Area in Google Maps and Google Earth
How to Turn Off Google Maps Timeline and Delete Location History
How to Change Your Home Address on Google Maps
How to Use Google Maps Offline: Download Maps and Navigate Without Internet
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